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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/858325/psn-pdf
December 13, 2023 - Patients with low health literacy make more errors
interpreting instructions and warnings. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-low-health-literacy-make-more-errors-interpreting-instructions-and … This article
describes the impact of low personal health literacy on medication safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-low-health-literacy-make-more-errors-interpreting-instructions-and-warnings … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-related-safety-events-qualitative-study-health-literacy-failures-patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/liquid-medication-dosing-errors-hispanic-parents-role-health-literacy-and-english-proficiency
December 14, 2016 - Study
Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy … Liquid Medication Dosing Errors by Hispanic Parents: Role of Health Literacy and English Proficiency. … This cross-sectional analysis found that parents with limited English proficiency and health literacy … Liquid Medication Dosing Errors by Hispanic Parents: Role of Health Literacy and English Proficiency. … 2018
Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866909/psn-pdf
October 09, 2024 - General practitioners' risk literacy and real-world
prescribing of potentially hazardous drugs: a cross … General practitioners’ risk literacy and real-world prescribing
of potentially hazardous drugs: a cross-sectional … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/general-practitioners-risk-literacy-and-real-world-prescribing-potentially … The analysis found that practitioners with higher risk literacy prescribed significantly fewer potentially … hazardous drugs (e.g., opioids, gabapentin, benzodiazepines) compared with physicians with low risk
literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-prescription-drug-warnings-promote-patient-comprehension
December 21, 2014 - The role of health literacy in patient safety is discussed in an AHRQ WebM&M perspective and interview … December 21, 2017
Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription … June 20, 2018
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … July 26, 2011
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … June 11, 2010
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-risk-designing-safer-shame-free-health-care-environment
September 29, 2017 - This monograph provides background on how health literacy affects patient safety and shares strategies … January 30, 2019
Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand. … September 20, 2017
Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic … December 10, 2008
The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National … Assessment of Adult Literacy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-your-patient-really-understand
January 25, 2023 - This article discusses health literacy and describes an initiative to reduce gaps in understanding … April 29, 2018
Health literacy in transitions of care: an innovative objective structured … December 4, 2016
Health literacy and patient safety events. … January 19, 2011
Health literacy and communication quality in health care organizations … November 24, 2010
National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50771/psn-pdf
May 29, 2024 - AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit. 3rd
edition.
May 29, 2024
Brach C, ed. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-health-literacy-universal-precautions-toolkit-2nd-edition
The AHRQ … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3rd edition, can help primary care practices
implement … increase patient understanding of
health information, and enhance support for patients of all health literacy … /primer/health-literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/predictors-misunderstanding-pediatric-liquid-medication-instructions
December 21, 2017 - Prior research in this field has demonstrated that low health literacy is an important predictor of … Concerningly, in this study nearly 1 in 5 patients who had adequate health literacy could not correctly … interpret the instructions, and patients with marginal or low health literacy were at even greater risk … A previous WebM&M commentary discusses safety problems caused by low health literacy. … March 14, 2022
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AHRQ Health Literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/general-practitioners-risk-literacy-and-real-world-prescribing-potentially-hazardous-drugs
December 21, 2014 - Study
General practitioners' risk literacy and real-world prescribing of potentially … General practitioners’ risk literacy and real-world prescribing of potentially hazardous drugs: a cross-sectional … included 304 general practice physicians in the United Kingdom and explored the association between risk literacy … The analysis found that practitioners with higher risk literacy prescribed significantly fewer potentially … hazardous drugs (e.g., opioids, gabapentin, benzodiazepines) compared with physicians with low risk literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/abcdef-bundle-data-literacy-training-performance-measurement-tracking-and-performance
September 23, 2024 - ABCDEF Bundle + Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback … Scripts and tools to facilitate ongoing data literacy training (e.g., daily use of a huddle sheet for … The Innovation Team was interested in learning whether increasing staff’s data literacy affects bundle … Some of the data literacy gaps that the Innovation Team noticed were related to staff understanding of … Scripts and tools to facilitate ongoing data literacy training (e.g., daily use of a huddle sheet for
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/help-your-patient-get-what-you-just-said-health-literacy-guide
December 18, 2014 - Commentary
Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. … Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. … strategies to help health care providers improve communication with patients who have limited health literacy … Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. … Topic
Physicians
Nurses
Medicine
Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems
Health Literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46349/psn-pdf
August 16, 2017 - Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy
Management. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-tools-providers-medication-therapy-management
Health literacy … A past PSNet perspective
discussed the role of health literacy in patient safety. … /primer/health-literacy
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-health-literacy-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-clearly-about-medicines-proceedings-workshop
September 12, 2018 - Patient health literacy is a known challenge in health care safety. … May 19, 2021
Building the Case for Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop. … October 28, 2020
Building the Case for Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop. … November 23, 2016
Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary. … June 16, 2012
The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/helping-patients-simplify-and-safely-use-complex-prescription-regimens
December 19, 2017 - This study found that patients, particularly those with limited health literacy , would benefit from … November 26, 2014
Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription … January 22, 2014
Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health literacy … Related Resources
Patient Safety Primers
Personal Health Literacy … May 11, 2011
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/err-human-patient-misinterpretations-prescription-drug-label-instructions
February 28, 2011 - discovered that misunderstanding of dosage instructions is common, especially among those with limited literacy … , 2011
Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy … January 21, 2009
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels … 21, 2009
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Patients with low health literacy … April 8, 2011
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-quality-focus-chronic-illness-care-and-patient-safety
September 26, 2012 - Commentary
Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient … Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient safety. … This article describes how health literacy affects care for pediatric patients with chronic illnesses … Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient safety. … March 22, 2009
Perspective
The Role of Health Literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46856/psn-pdf
June 20, 2018 - Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of
nonprescription medications. … Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription
medications. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/visual-acuity-literacy-and-unintentional-misuse-nonprescription-medications … They found that 39% of participants had limited health literacy and 54% had low visual acuity. … , and guides
for engaging patients in health literacy discussions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36069/psn-pdf
May 11, 2014 - Health literacy, medication errors, and health outcomes:
is there a relationship? … Health Literacy, Medication Errors, and Health Outcomes: Is There a
Relationship? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-medication-errors-and-health-outcomes-there-relationship … investigation is required to better
understand the link between literacy and medication errors. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-prescription-end-confusion
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47260/psn-pdf
August 08, 2018 - Building the Case for Health Literacy: Proceedings of a
Workshop. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-case-health-literacy-proceedings-workshop
Health literacy affects … This workshop report
summarizes discussions about health literacy programs and provides case studies … A PSNet perspective discusses the intersection of patient safety and
health literacy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-health-literacy-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-health-literacy-postoperative-outcomes-patients-undergoing-major-abdominal
May 08, 2017 - Study
Association of health literacy with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing … Association of Health Literacy With Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery … Patients' health literacy can have have profound safety implications . … This retrospective study found that patients with low health literacy undergoing major abdominal surgery … Association of Health Literacy With Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery